The cancer of corruption and World Bank project performance: Is there a connection?

Feil, Hauke

doi:10.1111/dpr.12503

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“…Some studies have found a positive relationship, others have found no relationship or even a negative relationship. Negative relationships have tended to be most pronounced in studies focused on the Asia‐Pacific region (Bulman et al, 2017 ; Denizer et al, 2013 ; Feeny & Vuong, 2017 ; Feil, 2021 ; Honig et al, 2019 ; Isham et al, 1997 ).…”

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Why are aid projects less effective in the Pacific?

Wood¹,

Otor²,

Dornan

2021

Development Policy Review

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Motivation The Pacific is the world’s most aid‐dependent region, yet available data suggest aid projects are less effective on average in the Pacific than elsewhere in the developing world. Purpose This article examines the most likely explanations for lower aid project effectiveness in the Pacific. Explanations include poor governance, restricted levels of political freedom, poor economic performance, isolation, and small populations. Methods and approach Three approaches to causal mediation analysis are used to identify which explanatory variables best explain why aid projects are less effective in the Pacific. Aid project effectiveness data come from a multi‐donor dataset of individual aid projects. Data on potential explanatory variables comes from a range of international datasets. Findings All three causal mediation approaches point to the isolation of many Pacific countries, alongside comparatively small populations, as being the main impediments to project effectiveness. These findings hold even with a suite of project traits being controlled for and within an analysis in which all the key country variables of interest are controlled for. Policy implications Project effectiveness in the Pacific appears to be primarily constrained by variables that cannot themselves be shifted (the region’s countries cannot readily be made less remote or more populous). Improved project effectiveness in the Pacific will require donor practice to carefully adapt to the region’s context. A structured process of donor learning will be needed.

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Why are aid projects less effective in the Pacific?

Wood¹,

Otor²,

Dornan

2021

Development Policy Review

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“…The public sector is first devoted to the common good of society, but fraud and corruption, among others, can be conceived as a true "cancer" and a plague (Feil, 2021). Undoubtedly, these latter phenomena prevent society from achieving this remarkable public goal.…”

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The intersection between ‘The Audit Society’ and public sector corruption and fraud: – a literature review and future research agenda

D’Andreamatteo

Grossi

Mattei

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Purpose This paper aims to explore how the phenomena of corruption and fraud in the public sector have been portrayed in the literature using the Audit Society Framework (Power, 1997). Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a structured literature review (Massaro et al., 2016) to unveil relevant literature in the area of corruption and fraud in the public sector. Findings Results highlight that the literature using “The Audit Society” theory is still scant. Notwithstanding the call for a more decisive role of auditors in fighting corruption and fraud, much is still to be discovered about consequences of auditing and what “good quality” is. Research limitations/implications The main limitation is that only literature in English has been included. Practical implications This paper helps practitioners and policymakers to take and implement informed decisions with regards to the fight against fraud and corruption. Social implications In calling for more research in the domain of audit, fraud and corruption in the public sector, this paper promotes a higher focus of society on public interest and the common good. Originality/value This paper investigates one part of The Audit Society related to corruption and fraud, topics that are still very underdeveloped and unexplored by researchers. From the findings the authors suggest possible new avenues for further research.

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Why anti-corruption projects and programmes fail in some African countries: a case study of an anti-corruption project that drowned in corruption and the lessons learned

Hope

2024

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Purpose The pandemic of corruption in Africa reflects the more general climate of the lack of both ethical leadership and appropriate anti-corruption systems found throughout most of the continent. The purpose of this study is to examine the manner in which corruption was perpetrated in an anti-corruption project that was intended to produce outcomes to reduce and control said corruption, in a sub-Saharan Africa country, for sustained development outcomes, including progress in meeting the sustainable development goals. Design/methodology/approach Based on a field experience, and drawing on the active participant observation research methodology, buttressed by open-ended interviews, this work provides a qualitative analysis and assessment case study of corruption in the implementation process of the anti-corruption project. Findings It is shown that corruption remains a significant barrier to positive development outcomes, especially in those environments where certain social norms and collectivist behaviour are prominent. In such environments, special systems need to be in place for project implementation success even in cases where a project itself is designed to reduce and control that corruption. Key lessons learned include the imperatives of recruiting qualified and ethical personnel and the importance of country ownership, political will and persistent project monitoring including by the citizen beneficiaries of sustainable development projects. Originality/value The paper’s value is the insights it provides through the mapping of the key lessons learned for successful implementation of projects and systems to control corruption and improve ethical behaviour in Africa and beyond.

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The cancer of corruption and World Bank project performance: Is there a connection?

Cited by 5 publications

References 48 publications

Why are aid projects less effective in the Pacific?

Why are aid projects less effective in the Pacific?

The intersection between ‘The Audit Society’ and public sector corruption and fraud: – a literature review and future research agenda

Why anti-corruption projects and programmes fail in some African countries: a case study of an anti-corruption project that drowned in corruption and the lessons learned

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